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Matthew S. Perzanowski

Matthew S. Perzanowski

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Immunology

D-Index
60
Citations
10350
World Ranking
3363
National Ranking
1554

Overview

Matthew S. Perzanowski is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans multiple topics within medicine and environmental science, with a significant focus on health impacts related to air quality and respiratory conditions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of asthma and respiratory diseases, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, noise effects and management, pediatric health and respiratory diseases, and the influence of urban transport on accessibility.

Perzanowski's frequent coauthors include Rachel L. Miller, Adnan Divjan, Luis Acosta, Andrew Rundle, and Karen C. Dannemiller, indicating ongoing collaborations within the fields of environmental health and respiratory medicine.

Key publication venues for Perzanowski's work are:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Global
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • Building and Environment

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Perzanowski include:

  • "Morphology and quantification of fungal growth in residential dust and carpets" (2020, Building and Environment)
  • "The effects of the historical practice of residential redlining in the United States on recent temporal trends of air pollution near New York City schools" (2022, Environment International)
  • "The Majority of Children Sensitized Before School-Age Develop Allergic Disease Before Adulthood: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study" (2021, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice)
  • "α-Gal specific-IgE prevalence and levels in Ecuador and Kenya: Relation to diet, parasites, and IgG4" (2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
  • "Incidence rates of childhood asthma with recurrent exacerbations in the US Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program" (2023, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)

Perzanowski's research focuses primarily on medicine, with 66 publications, and environmental science, with 46 publications. Within subfields, their work is represented significantly in health, toxicology and mutagenesis; physiology; immunology and allergy; speech and hearing; and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Best Publications

  • The relevance of tick bites to the production of IgE antibodies to the mammalian oligosaccharide galactose-α-1,3-galactose

    Scott P. Commins;Hayley R. James;Libby A. Kelly;Shawna L. Pochan

  • Children living in areas with more street trees have lower prevalence of asthma

    Gina Schellenbaum Lovasi;James W Quinn;Kathryn M Neckerman;Matthew S Perzanowski

  • Effect of cat and dog ownership on sensitization and development of asthma among preteenage children.

    Matthew S. Perzanowski;Eva Rönmark;Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills;Bo Lundbäck

  • Urban Tree Canopy and Asthma, Wheeze, Rhinitis, and Allergic Sensitization to Tree Pollen in a New York City Birth Cohort

    Gina Schellenbaum Lovasi;Jarlath P. M. O’Neil-Dunne;Jacqueline W. T. Lu;Daniel M. Sheehan

  • Relevance of allergens from cats and dogs to asthma in the northernmost province of Sweden: schools as a major site of exposure.

    Matthew S. Perzanowski;Eva Rönmark;Brian Nold;Bo Lundbäck

  • Major increase in allergic sensitization in schoolchildren from 1996 to 2006 in northern Sweden

    Eva Rönmark;Anders Bjerg;Matthew Perzanowski;Thomas Platts-Mills

  • Use of specific IgE in assessing the relevance of fungal and dust mite allergens to atopic dermatitis: a comparison with asthmatic and nonasthmatic control subjects.

    Deolinda M.F. Scalabrin;Sevim Bavbek;Matthew S. Perzanowski;Barbara B. Wilson

  • Prenatal and postnatal bisphenol A exposure and asthma development among inner-city children

    Kathleen M. Donohue;Rachel L. Miller;Matthew S. Perzanowski;Allan C. Just

  • Home intervention in the treatment of asthma among inner-city children

    Melody C. Carter;A. Matthew S. Perzanowski;Amos Raymond;Thomas A. E. Platts-Mills

  • Endotoxin in inner-city homes: associations with wheeze and eczema in early childhood.

    Matthew S. Perzanowski;Rachel L. Miller;Peter S. Thorne;R. Graham Barr

  • Atopy, asthma, and antibodies to Ascaris among rural and urban children in Kenya

    Matthew S. Perzanowski;Lucy W. Ng'ang'a;Melody C. Carter;Joseph Odhiambo

  • Asthma in Inner-City Children at 5–11 Years of Age and Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates: The Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health Cohort

    Robin M. Whyatt;Matthew S. Perzanowski;Allan C. Just;Andrew G. Rundle

  • Predicting indoor heat exposure risk during extreme heat events.

    Ashlinn Quinn;James D. Tamerius;Matthew Perzanowski;Judith S. Jacobson

  • Prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of wheeze at age 5 years in an urban low-income cohort

    Matthew S Perzanowski;Rachel L Miller;Deliang Tang;David Ali

  • Evaluation of different techniques for washing cats: Quantitation of allergen removed from the cat and the effect on airborne Fel d 1

    David B. Avner;Matthew S. Perzanowski;Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills;Judith A. Woodfolk

  • Traffic density and stationary sources of air pollution associated with wheeze, asthma, and immunoglobulin E from birth to age 5 years among New York City children

    Molini M. Patel;James W. Quinn;Kyung Hwa Jung;Lori Hoepner

  • Association of sensitization to Alternaria allergens with asthma among school-age children

    Matthew S. Perzanowski;Richard Sporik;Susan P. Squillace;Lawrence E. Gelber

  • Asthma during the primary school ages – prevalence, remission and the impact of allergic sensitization

    Anders Bjerg Bäcklund;M S Perzanowski;M S Perzanowski;T Platts-Mills;Thomas Sandström

  • Family history of asthma and atopy : in-depth analyses of the impact on asthma and wheeze in 7- to 8-year-old children.

    Anders Bjerg;Linnea Hedman;Matthew S Perzanowski;Thomas Platts-Mills

  • Neighborhood differences in exposure and sensitization to cockroach, mouse, dust mite, cat, and dog allergens in New York City

    Omar Olmedo;Inge F. Goldstein;Luis Acosta;Adnan Divjan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel L. Miller
Rachel L. Miller Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Frederica P. Perera
Frederica P. Perera Columbia University
Andrew Rundle
Andrew Rundle Columbia University
Steven N. Chillrud
Steven N. Chillrud Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills
Thomas A.E. Platts-Mills University of Virginia
Elizabeth C. Matsui
Elizabeth C. Matsui The University of Texas at Austin
Wanda Phipatanakul
Wanda Phipatanakul Boston Children's Hospital
Robin M. Whyatt
Robin M. Whyatt Columbia University
Patrick L. Kinney
Patrick L. Kinney Boston University
Bo Lundbäck
Bo Lundbäck University of Gothenburg

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